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Happy Australia Day! We said 'goodbye' to Colmar and headed for Eguisheim, a wonderful medieval town. We first visited Wolfberger winery, see photo, known for its fabulous Crement. They recommended I try Vintage Cellars to buy their products in Sydney, got one just up the road! You really feel you are in another world, the houses date from the 16th and 17th century and are set in streets that run in circles around the ...

Only took 2 hours, very quick on the autobahn. Parked the car to look around, what a quaint town, found our accomodation, very special one of the oldest buildings, 1540. Right in the main square. Brought a butter/pate knife at the outdoor market by the church, 10€. Had a fantastic lunch at Restaurant Bartholdi, he was the sculpture who designed the Statue of Liberty, ate duck with a beetroot and small red berries sauce, delicious, vegies were roasted fennel carrots turnip ...

We spent New Years with relatives in the black forest and saw some very wintry scenes, day tripped to France for another stunning hillside castle (Haut-Konigsburg with its amazing views over to the Rhine/ Black forest) and cake, ate great french cheese and wine, seeing the worlds largest Cuckoo clock and icy waterfall ...

... we find is the ice skating rink. After many please, please can we go on", we decided to let them. This one is only 2euro for an unlimited time frame, so we struggled to get them off as they were having so much fun. Knowing that they would be starving, tired and weary when they got off we prolonged it as long as possible. And at the end they were hungry and tired, but so happy. It was a great start to Colmar.

... The museum is undergoing a huge reconstruction, so many pieces are on loan to other museums and other exhibits are blocked off completely. Needless to say, it didn’t take much time to see the entire collection. While there, I marveled at the stupidity of some tourists who think it’s perfectly okay to answer your cell phone in the middle of a museum and proceed to have an incredibly loud conversation. I have seen this phenomenon more ...